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They conceded just 12.5 points per game, the third best defensive season in the Club’s history (behind 11.5 in 2007 & 11.8 in 2008).

The purple wall came into its own during a six-week period of the season, allowing just 26 points, four tries and 4.3 points per game between Rounds 8-14. You have to go back 26 years for the last time a team conceded fewer points over a six-game stretch (Penrith Panthers, 1990).

For the first time, Storm kept their opponents scoreless in consecutive weeks with shutout victories over the Warriors and Titans in Rounds 8-9.

It took until Round 15 for a team to break the 20-point mark against them, something that only happened on another three occasions during the year.

A cornerstone of the Melbourne defence was their tackling. Storm made 810 more tackles than any other team in the NRL and also missed the fewest tackles.